Agricultural Animal Care and Use Committee

The AACUC is charged with facilitating centralized, uniform and high quality oversight
of the institution’s agricultural animal care program. Details regarding MSU’s AACUC Committee Membership can be found on the University’s OPA website.

Animal Activities that require AACUC review

U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) Policy defines animal as “any live, vertebrate animal
used or intended for use in research, research training, experimentation, or biological
testing or for related purposes.”

Federal regulations and Montana State University policy require that all activities
involving the use of agricultural animals (e.g., research, testing or teaching), must
be reviewed and approved by the Agricultural Animal Care and Use Committee (AACUC).
Examples of animal use include: